Can You Benefit From More Than One Form Of IP Protection?

As an innovator, what are your options when it comes to protecting your intellectual property rights to your product? It is easy to become fixated on a single form of protection, particularly when it addresses the most important aspects of your product. This often results in rights holders pursuing a single form of protection, without considering whether other forms are available and advantageous.

In this article, we will discuss three different forms of intellectual property protection in Canada: patents, trademarks and industrial designs.

Why multiple forms of IP protection are better than one

While in some cases, a single form of protection may be enough, in many cases, inventors are best served by seeking multiple forms of protection. These combined rights serve to maximize the scope of protections around a novel product, allowing rights holders to enforce against many more forms of infringing activity. It is vital for inventors to look at all forms of